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Review of Research Literature: Reference List and Annotation

Please refer to the rubric for this section of your Review of Research Literature. Your Instructor will use the rubric to assess your work, so it is important that you meet each of the criteria on the rubric. Click on Module 2: Review of Research Literature: Reference List and Annotation in the Grading & Rubrics area.

Read Chapter 6, “Selecting Quality Sources for Your Review,” in the Dawidowicz (2010) text, focusing on the differences between peer-reviewed and refereed journals, and on the timeliness of the research studies you read.
Identify all the keywords you can think of to search for current research studies for the two research topics/themes you identified for review in Module 1. You may add additional keywords as you find research studies relevant to your Social Change Proposal. The more keywords you use, the stronger your results will be. The Library Scavenger Hunt you completed should have helped you learn how to find additional keywords for your search using ProQuest and SocINDEX. Take time to review the steps for selecting and using keywords. While the database SocINDEX is good for social issues in general, use education databases like ERIC and Education Research Complete for more education-focused research, or try Thoreau, the multiple database searcher.
Select four relevant research studies in peer-reviewed or refereed journals for each of the two topics/themes you identified in Module 1, for a total of eight research studies.The publication date on the studies should be in the last 5 years, but the more recent the better. Try to find research studies in scholarly journals, and full-text articles that include empirical data, rather than articles that use an essay format. Review pages 10-11 of the APA Manual (6th edition) for a list of the types of articles typically included in peer-reviewed journals.
Research is a word that has many meanings. Two of the most common meanings of research are that (a) people investigate topics/themes to learn something new, as in a research paper, or (b) people engage in qualitative and/or quantitative inquiry to generate new knowledge. For the purposes of this course, you are being asked to find qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods research studies published on the topic of your Social Change Proposal. This means the studies you find will typically have sections addressing research questions, theoretical or conceptual frameworks, methods or design of the study, findings or results, and conclusions or discussion, among other elements of the study.
Consider using Zotero (http://www.zotero.org/) to keep track of the journal articles you find. If you are unable to find sufficient research studies, expand your search for articles on broader topics/themes. Do not select essays or general articles about your topic. See pages 10-11 of the APA Manual for a list of the types of journal articles available. Select research studies that could help create a solid, evidence-based argument for your Social Change Proposal.
Develop an alphabetized reference list for the eight research studies you will annotate, following APA Manual conventions. See pages 198-202 in the APA Manual for examples of periodical citations.
Write a 1 0.5 – to 2-page annotation for one of these research studies, and submit it for review by your Instructor. As a doctoral student, it is imperative that you learn to write succinctly in your own words. Your challenge is to write no more than two pages while you are effectively responding to these criteria for an annotation.
Your annotation should include the following:

Create a heading in the form of a citation including author, date, article title, journal title, volume, page number, and DOI. Follow APA Manual (6th edition) guidelines for your reference. See pages 198-202 in your APA Manual for examples of how to reference journal articles. Having provided the citation as the heading for an annotation, you don’t have to provide the full citation in the text of the annotation.
In paragraph 1 of your annotation, report the following:
Is the study a qualitative methods, quantitative methods, or mixed methods study?
What means of data collection were used?
Who were the members of the sample or participants for the study and/or what was the setting studied? How many did they use? How were they selected?
In paragraph 2 of your annotation, report the following:
State the research questions in narrative form.
State the theory or conceptual framework used in the study.
In paragraph 3 of your annotation, share the major findings of the study.
In paragraph 4 of your annotation, discuss the applicability of findings of the research study to social change. What kind of change were the authors focused on?
In paragraph 5 of your annotation, discuss how these findings inform your Social Change Proposal. How might you use these findings to create a solid, evidence-based argument for your Social Change Proposal? Was the focus on social change supportive of the change you want to propose in your Social Change Proposal?
Please note that you will be asked to write annotations for journal articles in several of your courses. Each course may have a different focus for what is included in the annotation. In your research courses you will be asked to critique the findings, methodology, and research analysis in depth. In this course you will focus on reporting the findings of the study and relating their usefulness to your Social Change Proposal. The limitations in the design of a study affect the validity of the findings. It is important to clarify the study’s design when considering its implications.

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